Namban-ji

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Bell of Nanban-ji

Namban-ji ( Japanese 南蠻 寺 ) was the popular name of Christian places of worship in Japan at the end of the Momoyama period . First and foremost, it meant the place of prayer that the Jesuits established in Kyoto .

history

The Jesuits had founded a Christian community in Kyoto in 1560, but had to leave the city in connection with the unfortunate death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru . The Portuguese Jesuit Luís Fróis returned to Kyoto in 1568 and received permission from Oda Nobunaga to preach in the city. According to Japanese sources, Nobunaga is said to have given the place of prayer the name Eiroku-ji. But it was generally known as Namban-ji, "Temple of the Southern Barbarians".

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's first edict against the Christians in the country in 1588, the house of prayer was destroyed along with all other facilities. The temple's bell was taken to Myōshin-ji , where it was kept for 300 years. In 1906 she came to the Tokyo National Museum .

The Namban-ji was in Kyoto on the corner of Shijō-bōmon Ubayagi-machi ( 四条 坊 門 姥 柳 町 ). Today this corresponds to the corner of Takoyakushi-dōri and Muromachi-dōri, where there is also a memorial stone. It is labeled “ Around here - traces of Nanban-ji” ( 此 付 近 南蛮 寺 跡 , Kono fukin - Nambanji-seki).

Remarks

  1. ↑ The place of prayer was established in the 11th year Eiroku ( 永禄 ) = 1568.
  2. ↑ Namban "barbarians from the south" was one of the (nick) names given to Europeans at that time. Places of worship were therefore commonly called Namban-ji. In a narrower sense, it meant the place of prayer in Kyoto.

literature

  • Suzuki, Toshihiko (ed.): Nihon daihyakka zensho (Denshibukku-han) , Shogakukan, 1996.
  • Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′ 22.3 "  N , 135 ° 45 ′ 36.7"  E